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July is a Psychedelic rock act. Their sound grew out of Bo Diddley, The Shadows and Chuck Berry. Those roots explain a lot about how July arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kaleidoscope, Ultimate Spinach, Tomorrow, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band and The Idle Race, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nirvana, Mike Oldfield and Unit 4 + 2, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around July, reaching back through Bo Diddley and forward to Nirvana. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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July connections
July grew out of Bo Diddley, The Shadows and Chuck Berry, shares an orbit with Kaleidoscope, Ultimate Spinach, Tomorrow and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, went on to shape Nirvana, Mike Oldfield and Unit 4 + 2. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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